| 单词 | by legacy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby legacy 4. The action or an act of bequeathing; = bequest n. 1. Chiefly in by legacy. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] bequestc1300 provingc1330 legacy1485 devise1528 bequesting1572 making1621 bequeathmenta1627 bequeathal1642 bequeathing1674 testing1681 testamentationa1797 willing1797 settlement1815 testation1832 devising1868 1485 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. *112/1 His assignacioun maid to the said Dauide in his legacy and testment. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 597 in Poems (1981) 130 Quhen he had hard hir greit infirmite, Hir legacie and lamentatioun. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cciii. f. cxiiii Henry than Duke of Burgoyne..bequethed his Dukedome vnto kyng Robert But the Burgonyons withstode that Legacy. 1674 J. Godolphin Orphans Legacy i. x. 16 The Wife being Executrix to another..may not bequeath them by Legacy without making an Executor. 1722 W. Strahan tr. J. Domat Civil Law II. iv. vii. 174/2 If two Horses, one whereof..had been left him by Legacy, should happen to die. 1761 New & Gen. Biogr. Dict. III. 414 Either by legacy or purchase, he became master of all that he thought valuable in their studies. 1828 Naval & Mil. Mag. Mar. p. xxxviii Every acquisition by the slave, whether by legacy or otherwise, went to the master. 1875 Victoria Mag. Mar. 455 Any purely personal property coming to a married woman, whether by legacy, gift, or otherwise, passes and belongs to her husband. 1916 Ann. Rep. Amer. Hist. Assoc. 1914 1 296 Walter L. Newberry..became the founder by legacy of the Newberry Library. 1958 W. T. MacCaffrey Exeter, 1540–1640 x. 266 The lands are frequently divided carefully among the various children by legacy. 2000 M. T. Griffin Nero xiii. 200 Properties initially acquired by Augustus as booty and constantly augmented by legacy and confiscation. < as lemmas |
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